Off the clock
What I am into
Records, books and films. No reviews, just what I keep going back to.
Listening
Richer Than I Ever Been
Rick Ross
ListenTwelve tracks, forty two minutes, no filler. Ross figured out that an album you can finish in one drive beats one you have to skip through.
Girl Disrupted
Sevyn Streeter
ListenIf you love soulful vocals, honest songwriting, and modern R&B with strong '90s influences, Girl Disrupted is an easy recommendation.
Reading
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know
Meg Meeker
reading
Find itA pediatrician's case for how much weight a father actually carries in his daughter's life. Direct, sometimes uncomfortable, hard to put down once you see yourself in it.
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Finished
Find itA letter to a friend who asked how to raise her daughter well. Fifteen answers, no lectures. Short enough to finish in an evening and specific enough that I keep coming back to it
Watching
Sleepless in Seattle
Nora Ephron, 1993
Watched
Find itAn all-time favorite. The kind of movie I put on knowing exactly what happens and watch anyway. My admiration for Tom Hanks started with this movie, so much so that I made a point of finding his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.